Strobe is a bit hard to use when the timing mark is on the flywheel...
I backed off the advance and it started up great. Just a wee bit of choke
and she fired up almost immediately with no balk.
I'm going to play more this weekend to find a sweet spot.
Jeff
on 3/3/03 8:08 AM, Mike Rogers at MikeRogers@mattishall.org.uk wrote:
>
>> I have been advised to retard the timing by unscrewing
>> the vernier screw on the vacuum advance by half a turn
>> at a time until the knock on hills disappears.
>>
>> Is this correct. It seems a very long winded process.
>
> Before investing in my first Strobe timing light I used to do all my
> ignition timing that way, and still revert to it now from time to time (pun
> intended).
>
> So go ahead and retard a little at a time until the knock, or "pinking" as I
> have always called it disappears, you will then have an engine that is as
> correctly timed as possible within all the variables of worn parts.
>
> Mike Rogers
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